The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-16

water anu cafftSu ashore ! Nc Obnef TWO,
VIII Weston, Of Brunswick, Ga, and
drowned When our informant left Ormond
Messls Cornell, Watson and Ellsworth,
assisted by several darl1ics, were drag
ging the river for the bodies of the I'M
fortunate men. When the squall struck the
boat the negroes became panic stricken and
lost entire control OF it, and when taken
from the water the eight survivors were
more dead than alive from fright. Had it
not been for hedaring bravery of Mr.. Ans
den and other white men in going to their
rescue i'll the heavy sea, there is no doubt
but the entire party would have persisted.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Three negroes were admitted to practice
law at Columbia Friday
The Piedmont Manufacturing Company
of Greenville has declared e semi-annul
dividend of 5per cent.
The annual contest for the debaters' and
DISCLAIMERS medal of the Clarisophic Society
of the South Carolina College at Columbia
will be held in tho hall of the society on the
evening of May IS, the time fixed being the
same as that already announced for the COM
petition in the Euphradian Society.
At Columbia the State Board of Railroad
Equalization met Wednesday and organized
by the election Of Secretary of State Leitner
as chairman and Mr.. Winthrop Williams as
clerk. The board is composed of the Secre-
tary of State, Comptroller General State
Treasurer and Attorney General Comp
troller General Stoney handed in returns of
property from all the railroads of the State,
twenty mine in number, but because of the
enforced absence of Attorney General Earle
in Augusta no action was taken as to the
valuation of railroad property, and the
board adjourned to meet again on May25
There are at present G57 patients in the
State lunatic asylum at Columbia, about as
large a number as has ever been there. OF
these $50 are white males, 204 white females,
140 colored males and 1873 colored females.
More sickness prevails in the institution
now than there has been for very long
time. There are sick in bed 10, taking medi-
cine 146. extra diet 142, noisy so, destructive
81 secluded Z, restrained 6. There arc en-
ployed 254 patients, as follows: Laundry II,
kitchen II, farm 26, grounds 26, barn 4,
housework 63, sowing room 80, wards Sc.
There are So who are allowed to walk and
ride.
That portion of western Clarendon county,
lying between Pamela and Fulton, was
visited by hail and rain storm, accompa-
MED with q gale of unusual severity. on the
night of May 0. Great damage to crops
was sustained, and several buildings were
blown down and unroofed. Immense fields
of cotton and corn present scene of devas-
tation and ruin. 1t is estimated that at
least 600 acres of cotton will have to be
wholly replanted, while a much larger area
will require a partial replanting. Cotton
seed is scarce and in great demand. Corn is
considerably damaged, but not to the same
extent as cotton. The storm did not extend
as far up as Fulton.
At Newberry on Monday JEFF Williams
shot and killed Weldon Nelson Both are
colored and live on Mr.. P B. Workman's
place, about twelve miles west of the court
house. The Coroner held an inquest Tues
day. A warrant was issued for Williams,
but, as yeS he has not been arrested.
Williams wife told her husband that Nelson
made criminal assault upon her on Mon
day, and as soon as Williams learned this he
borrowed pistol and hunted up Nelson and
shot him four times, one ball going through
the brain. Williams remained in the neigh
borhood until Wednesday morning, just
before the Coroner arrived: He will be ar,
rested in day or two It is understood
that Williams and Nelson had quarrel over
game of cards in February of this year,
and it may be that the old grudge had some
thing to do with the shooting, aF.5
The stockholders of the Clifton mills held
their annual meeting at Spartanburg
Wednesday. The old directors were re-
elected. The Presidents report showed that
the mill had been doing well, and the indi-
cations are that the hard times and short
dividends, or rather no dividends of the last
two years, are about to pass away. The
stockholders have faith in Pacolet water
power, for they agreed to build sec
ond mill, about half a mile below Clifton,
at the Cannon shoals. They will begin
work at once, and have the mill, with
| about Is, 900 spindles, in operation before
the beginning Of the next year, There will
| be 500, 900 of stock to be raised for this new
mill, the old stockholders having the prefer
| ence in taking this new stock When this
mill is built and furnished with hands the
| population will run up to 1000 or more, and
| this where, ten years ago, it was desolate,
woe-begone looking country. That shows
what concentrated capital, wisely managed
as this has been, can do.
| A severe hail storm passed over narrow
strip near Salem, Black river, Sunday
evening. In the centre Of the storm, which
seems to have passed over Messrs. John
ston's store and Col Muldrow's residence.
the ice was banked up in some places four
feet deep at o'clock Monday. Twigs half
an inch thick were broken off of the trees,
and the ground was covered with leaves
and stems AT Col Muldrow's, dead
chickens, turkeys and goslings were carried
off by the basket full He lost over 100
| small chickens. A number Of snakes have
been found dead in the fields. Col
Muldrow's garden, always the
most advanced in the neighborhood,
| is ruined The stricken farmers
have gone to work, aided by their more for
tunate neighbors, and Monday Col. Null
drow finished planting over his cotton
Messrs. Johnston Bros are well advanced
in replanting their largo crop II is gener-
ally hoped that the corn will come out, but
oats are badly damaged. ID is remarkable
how the hail stones froze together in the
drifts. Lumps weighing twenty or thirty
pounds could be broken off with stick, and
il would then hold together for some time.
| Most of the stones were about the size of
partridge eggs, though a great many as
large as hen eggs were found just after the
| storm +"-f
Bank officers at Columbia are puzzled by
the performances of a stranger of peculiar
appearance who has been in the city for
several days. Upon his arrival he registered
at the Hotel Jerome as Ned CASTOR, Wash
| ipgton city. Thursday morning he APP
| peared at the Central National Bank and
| exhibited TO Cashier Sawyer section of a
counterfeit silver dollar, and said that he
was after a man who had been passing boz
gus coin of this denomination, as well as IS,
| $40 and $50 bills. He freely discoursed on
| the quality OF the counterfeits, and said that
he was A. j. Pearce, n United States govern
ment detectcctive from New Orleans. He
| had spotted his man, he de
clared and Thought that ha would